Improvement in ditching-plows



JOHN KELLY & W. H. HENNlS.

Improvement in Dit cher.

Patented Ja 30, 1872.

IMPROVEMENT IN DITCHING-PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,262, dated J auuary30, 1872.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN KELLY and WIL- LIAM H. HENNIS, of Winaniac, inthe county of Pulaski and in the State of Indiana, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Ditching-Plow; and do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of referencemarked thereon making a part of this specification.

The nature of our invention consists in the construction and arrangementof parts forming a ditching-plow, as will be hereinafter more fully setfort-l1.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our inventionappertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a plan view, and Fig. 2 a side elevation of our machine.Fig. 3 is a trans' verse vertical section of the same through line a; m,Fig. 2.

A represents the keel of our ditcher, to the front end of which areattached wings B B. These wings are supported by a head-block, C, nearthe front ends, and by inclined braces 1) D near the rear ends; also bya straight brace, E, from wing to wing, as shown. The wings B B risefrom the front end toward the rear, about one foot in every two, andthey also separate from the center toward the rear at about the samerate. The keel A is shod with iron, a, and a sharp cutter, G, isattached to the front ends of the wings and keel. A share, H, is alsoattached at the front end, forming a line with the side cutters I) b,which are attached to and at right angles with the wings. The outer faceof the wings are also lined with metal strips or bars d d. The sidecutters b l) have projections i on their upper sides which are let intothe wings and fasttened by screws or rivets, the strips (1 d afterwardcovering the same. I represents a draftbeam fastened to the keel by abolt or other suitable means, and a curved iron, J, attached to the keelpasses through a slot or mortise in the draft-beam, whereby the run ofthe machine is gauged, as the draft-beam may be set at any angledesired. K K are the handles, attached as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Theditcher thus constructed works from the center and throws the dirt rightand left, parting the dirt in front by the cutter. The dirt then fallsback on the wings, and goes to the top of the ditch. In the sides of thekeel A are two iron staples, e e, to be used when the horses are put onthe banks of the ditch. Two long poles are put in these staples to guidethe machine, without the operator going down into the ditch. \Vhen themachine is put in the ditch with the horses on the banks the draftbeam Imust be elevated.

The share and cutter may be cast in one piece, and the side cutters madein sections, so that they may be used for any length of wing.

This ditcher may be used for cleaning out old ditches as well as formaking new ones.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the keelA, metallic base a, spear-pointed at itsfront end, V-shaped cutter G, share H secured under the cut-ter and in aslot in the spear-point, and the metalfaced wings B B braced obliquelyupward and outward, as shown, and provided with the side cutters Z) I)on their lower edges, all substantially as and for the purposes hereinset forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsthis 9th day of August, 1871.

JOHN KELLY. WILLIAM H. HENNIS. Witnesses:

G. T. Wrcnnnsnan, P. J. FALVEY.

